UK far-right riots: violence triggered by misinformation on social media
Britain has been hit by a series of riots after the killing of three young girls in a July 29 knife attack in Southport, northwest England, triggering a wave of false online posts that wrongly identified the suspected killer as an Islamist migrant. For more information on the role of social media in these riots, FRANCE 24's Delano D'Souza interviews professor of media and communication at Keel University, United Kingdom.
Britain has been hit by a series of riots after the killing of three young girls in a July 29 knife attack in Southport, northwest England, triggering a wave of false online posts that wrongly identified the suspected killer as an Islamist migrant. For more information on the role of social media in these riots, FRANCE 24's Delano D'Souza interviews professor of media and communication at Keel University, United Kingdom.
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